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Senior Product Designer II
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Coca-cola Company 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for product areas, from discovery and research synthesis to high-fidelity delivery and iteration. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to ship intuitive, accessible experiences that drive business impact.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Ranger Ai 🇨🇦 Canada
You will lead product discovery and design end-to-end experiences for AI-powered workflows while collaborating with cross-functional teams and enterprise customers. Additionally, you will support sales and marketing by creating product visuals and collateral to communicate the platform's value.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead and assure multidisciplinary design teams across a portfolio of water and wastewater projects. They are responsible for ensuring design solutions meet client requirements, regulatory obligations, and safety standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Trainee Design Manager
🇬🇧 Boughton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Sweet Projects 🇬🇧 Boughton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
The Trainee Design Manager supports the coordination and delivery of design activities throughout the project lifecycle, working under the guidance of senior management. Responsibilities include assisting with design reviews, monitoring project progress, managing information schedules, and fostering collaboration between designers, consultants, and subcontractors.
Senior Analyst- BESS Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Desri 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
The role involves serving as a technical resource for BESS design and commissioning activities to ensure the reliability and performance of the storage fleet. Responsibilities include reviewing engineering design packages, evaluating battery system architecture, and providing QA/QC support for procurement and testing.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Stealth Startup 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end product design for AI voice agent workflows, collaborating closely with founders and engineers to ship high-stakes features. Additionally, you will conduct user research and build a scalable design system to ensure consistent, high-quality user experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Casa Grande, Arizona, United States of America
Trulieve 🇺🇸 Casa Grande, Arizona, United States of America
Design and execute high-impact digital promotional creative across various channels including email, web, and social media. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate campaign briefs into effective visual solutions that support brand identity and conversion goals.
Senior Interaction Designer, Android and Pixel UX
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design intuitive user experiences for the Android and Pixel ecosystem. Create wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation to guide product development from concept to execution.
Design Manager or Senior Design Manager - Norway (Stargate Norway - Narvik)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Nscale 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee the design process for the Stargate Norway initiative, ensuring facilities meet world-class technical standards for AI compute. They will collaborate with construction, cost management, and engineering teams to manage design packages, permitting, and project delivery.
Senior Lead Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Celestica International Lp 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The Senior Lead Engineer will model assembly sequences, check tool clearances, and identify mechanical design issues before commitment. They will also support trial builds, capture assembly cycle times, and propose DFA rule changes based on field data.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will provide technical leadership and governance for a £50m annual programme of water and wastewater infrastructure projects. They are responsible for managing multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring design assurance, and overseeing compliance with safety and regulatory standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Junior Graphic Designer (Motion)
🇮🇩 Yogyakarta, Depok, Indonesia
Intrepid Asia 🇮🇩 Yogyakarta, Depok, Indonesia
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating digital assets such as banners and social media posts while maintaining brand integrity. They will collaborate with senior designers to ensure creative consistency and manage visual libraries for various brands.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Data Axle 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
The Senior Product Designer will define and evolve user experiences for SaaS applications in the sales and marketing space. They will collaborate with product and technology teams to create functional, pixel-perfect designs using a user-centric process.
Senior Visual Designer
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Deccan Ai 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
The Senior Visual Designer will own the company's visual identity across web, pitch decks, and social media while turning complex technical concepts into accessible illustrations. They will also manage brand video production and collaborate with marketing teams to design effective campaigns and collateral.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Easygo 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead product design across the Sportsbook Core and Trust & Compliance domains, working cross-functionally to deliver exceptional user experiences. You are expected to hold context across multiple roadmaps, prioritize ruthlessly, and translate insights into actionable design decisions.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.